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Comptia Project + Project Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Any item - internal or external - that is required by a process before that process proceeds
monitor
project life cycle
input (Process) input
estimate costs (Process)
2. A histogram - ordered by frequency of occurrence - that shows how many results were generated by each identified cause
project cost management (Knowledge Area)
actual cost of work performed
pareto chart (Tool)
rework
3. Specific version of the schedule model used to compare actual results to the plan to determine if preventive or corrective action is needed to meet the project objectives
finish date
analogous estimating (Technique)
duration (DU or DUR)
schedule baseline
4. The process of finalizing all activities across all of the project management process groups to formally complete the project or phase
statement of work (SOW)
close project or phase (Process)
technical performance measurement (Technique)
objective
5. Subdivision (fragment) of a project schedule network diagram - usually representing a subproject or work package.
actual cost of work performed
input (Process) input
initiating processes (Process Group)
sub network
6. Adding features and functionality (project scope) without addressing the effects on time - costs - and resources or without customer approval
close procurements (Process)
configuration management system (Tool)
activity duration
scope creep
7. Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives
probability and impact matrix (Tool)
requirements traceability matrix
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
stakeholder
8. Collect project performance data with respect to a plan - produce performance measures and report and disseminate performance information
triggers
input (Process) input
change requests
monitor
9. Document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organization resources to the project activities
work performance information
result
project charter (Output/Input)
technical performance measurement (Technique)
10. List of project team members - their project roles and communication information
path convergence
early start date (ES)
authority
project team directory
11. Summary level project schedule that identifies the major deliverables and work breakdown structure components and key schedule milestones
plan procurements (Process)
special cause
master schedule (Tool)
activity duration
12. Area of project management defined by its knowledge requirements and described in terms of its component processes - practices - inputs - outputs - tools and techniques
plan risk management (Process)
functional organization
project calendar
project management knowledge area
13. Store of historical information and lessons learned about both the outcomes of previous project selection decisions and previous project performance
perform quality assurance (Process)
lessons learned knowledge base
plan procurements (Process)
historical information
14. Measure of schedule efficiency on a project. ratio of earned value (EV) and the planned value (PV). SV = EV minus PV.
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
resource breakdown structure
constraint (Input)
schedule performance index (SPI)
15. Requests to expand or reduce the project scope - modify policies - processes - plans or procedures - modify costs or budgets - or revise schedules
finish to finish (FF)
threshold
change requests
human resource plan
16. Implementing risk response plans - tracking identified risks - monitoring residual risks - identifying new risks and evaluating risk process throughout the project
percent complete
risk management plan (Output/Input)
root cause analysis (Technique)
monitor and control risks (Process)
17. The formally documented identification of a defect in a project component with a recommendation to either repair the defect or completely replace the component
collect requirements (Process)
execute
develop project charter (Process)
defect repair
18. Developing an approximation of the monetary resources needed to complete project activities
estimate costs (Process)
fixed price incentive fee contract (FPIF)
result
project management body of knowledge
19. Quantitative risk analysis and modeling technique used to determine which risks have the most potential impact on the project. typical display of results is in the form of a tornado diagram
estimate to complete (ETC)(Output/Input)
change control board (CCB)
constraint (Input)
sensitivity analysis
20. Number of labor units required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
application area
effort
influence diagram (Tool)
21. Any form of schedule network analysis in which scheduling decisions are driven by resource constraints
finish to start (FS)
fast tracking (Technique)
determine budget (Process)
resource leveling (Technique)
22. Collection of schedule activity dependencies that makes up a project schedule network diagram
network logic
project scope management (Knowledge Area)
project
master schedule (Tool)
23. Identifying the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables
define activities (Process)
sub network
project initiation management (Knowledge Area)
quality
24. A product - result or service generated by a process
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
application area
sensitivity analysis
output (Process)
25. The area on either side of the centerline - or mean - of data plotted on a control chart that meets the customer's requirements for a product or service.
estimate costs (Process)
probability and impact matrix (Tool)
project phase
specification limits
26. Identifying early and late start dates as well as early and late finish dates for the uncompleted portions of project schedule activities
rolling wave planning (Technique)
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
voice of the customer
schedule network analysis (Technique)
27. A technique that explores the accuracy of assumptions and identifies risks to the project from inaccuracy - inconsistency - or incompleteness of assumptions
path divergence
change control system (Tool)
late start date (LS)
assumptions analysis (Technique)
28. Application of knowledge - skills - tools and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements
forecast
authority
effort
project management
29. Describes how the project management team will implement the performing organizations quality plan.
claim
actual cost (AC)
quality management plan (Output/Input)
project initiation management (Knowledge Area)
30. Evaluation of whether or not a product - service - or system complies with a regulation - requirement - specification or imposed condition.
analogous estimating (Technique)
verification
secondary risk
work package
31. Schedule network diagramming technique in which schedule activities are represented by boxes or nodes. schedule activities are graphically linked by one or more logical relationships to show the sequence in which the activities are performed
monitor
enterprise environmental factors (Input/Output)
estimate activity durations (Process)
precedence diagramming method (PDM) (Technique)
32. A collection of formal documented procedures that define how project deliverables and documentation will be controlled - changed and approved. in most application areas - the change control system is a subset of the configuration management system
close procurements (Process)
monitor and control project work (Process)
define scope (Process)
change control system (Tool)
33. Budgeted cost of work performed
validation
schedule baseline
BCWP
issue Point or matter in question or dispute
34. Features and functions that characterize a product - service or result
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
risk acceptance (Technique)
risk mitigation (Technique)
produce scope
35. An estimating technique that uses the values of parameters - such as scope - cost - budget - and duration or measures of scale such as size - weight - and complexity from a previous similar activity as the basis of estimating the same parameter or me
root cause analysis (Technique)
analogous estimating (Technique)
material
project life cycle
36. Documenting project purchasing decisions - specifying the approach and identifying potential sellers
monitor
probability and impact matrix (Tool)
plan procurements (Process)
total float
37. Assumptions are factors that - for planning purposes - are considered to be true - real - or certain without proof or demonstration
assumptions
code of accounts (Tool)
perform quality control (Process)
functional organization
38. Document that describes how the project scope will be defined - developed and verified and how the work breakdown structure will be created and defined and that provides guidance on how the project scope will be managed and controlled by the project
scope management plan(Output/Input)
milestone
flowcharting (Technique)
bottom-up estimating (Technique)
39. The right to apply project resources - expend funds - make decisions or give approvals
time scaled schedule network diagram (Tool)
manage project team (Process)
authority
workaround
40. Calendar of working days or shifts that establishes those dates on which schedule activities are worked and nonworking days that determine those dates on which schedule activities are idle
project calendar
sensitivity analysis
percent complete
float
41. Summary level schedule that identifies the major schedule milestone
rolling wave planning (Technique)
forecast
time and material contract (T&M)
milestone schedule (Tool)
42. The date up to or through which the project's reporting system has provided actual status and accomplishments. also called as-of date and time-now date.
budget at completion (BAC)
data date
assumptions analysis (Technique)
performance measurement baseline
43. Source of variation that is not inherent in the system - is not predictable - and it intermittent. also referred to as assignable cause.
rolling wave planning (Technique)
special cause
performance measurement baseline
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
44. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity (or the project) can finish - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.
early finish date (EF)
project management system (Tool)
project scope statement (Output/Input)
resource breakdown structure
45. Approved specific version of the detailed scope statement - work breakdown structure (WBS) and its associated WBS dictionary
develop project management plan (Process)
actual duration
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
scope baseline
46. A formally constituted group of stakeholders responsible for reviewing - evaluating - approving - delaying or rejecting changes to a project - with all the decisions and recommendations being recorded
change control board (CCB)
contract (Output/Input)
project initiation
estimate activity resources (Process)
47. Risk response planning technique for a threat that creates changes to the project management plan that are meant to either eliminate the risk or to protect the project objectives from its impact.
calendar unit
risk avoidance (Technique)
requirements traceability matrix
plan communications (Process)
48. Information system consisting of tools and techniques to gather - integrate and disseminate the outputs of project management processes.
Gantt chart (Tool)
projectized organization
project management information system (PMIS) (Tool)
strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - threats analysis (SWOT)
49. The merging or joining of parallel schedule network paths into the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by a schedule activity with more than one predecessor activity
path convergence
quality management plan (Output/Input)
log
closing processes (Process Group)
50. ACWP
responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) (Tool)
defect
actual cost of work performed
fast tracking (Technique)